Another interesting read from the Advisory Board. Highlights are below:
Total health care expenditures for the nation’s obese adult population increased by more than 80 percent between 2001 and 2006 to reach $303.1 billion, according to a statistical brief from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Based on data from the agency’s Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, the report also found that mean annual health care expenditures for obese adults increased from $3,458 in 2001 to $5,148 in 2006 and that the proportion of total health care expenditures attributed to obese adults increased from 28.1 percent to 35.3 percent, while the proportion of spending attributed to normal-weight adults decreased from 35 percent to 30.3 percent.
According to the report, the number of obese adults—defined as individuals with a body mass index of or above 30—grew by almost 11 million between 2001 and 2006, rising from 48.2 million to 58.9 million people. In addition, in both 2001 and 2006, the country’s adult obese population had the highest proportion of individuals reporting at least one chronic condition—including diabetes, asthma, high blood pressure, ischemic heart disease, stroke, emphysema, and arthritis—at 57.1 percent and 59.7 percent, respectively.
...With the exception of Colorado—which had an obesity rate of 18.5 percent—all states in 2008 had obesity rates of at least 20 percent. Mississippi had the highest rate, at 32.8 percent, followed by Alabama, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia, which all had obesity rates of at least 30 percent. Illustrating the “dramatic increase” in the nation’s obese population, the CDC highlighted data from a 1990 survey indicating that at that time, no states had an obesity rate of 15 percent or higher.
Noting that obesity is a major risk factor for several chronic diseases, the director of the CDC’s division of nutrition, physical activity, and obesity says that “among all age groups, we are seeing chronic diseases in much younger adults compared to a few decades ago,” adding that some young adults now suffer from risk factors for heart disease and type 2 diabetes, conditions that were “unheard of in the past.”
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Total health care expenditures for the nation’s obese adult population increased by more than 80 percent between 2001 and 2006 to reach $303.1 billion, according to a statistical brief from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Based on data from the agency’s Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, the report also found that mean annual health care expenditures for obese adults increased from $3,458 in 2001 to $5,148 in 2006 and that the proportion of total health care expenditures attributed to obese adults increased from 28.1 percent to 35.3 percent, while the proportion of spending attributed to normal-weight adults decreased from 35 percent to 30.3 percent.
According to the report, the number of obese adults—defined as individuals with a body mass index of or above 30—grew by almost 11 million between 2001 and 2006, rising from 48.2 million to 58.9 million people. In addition, in both 2001 and 2006, the country’s adult obese population had the highest proportion of individuals reporting at least one chronic condition—including diabetes, asthma, high blood pressure, ischemic heart disease, stroke, emphysema, and arthritis—at 57.1 percent and 59.7 percent, respectively.
...With the exception of Colorado—which had an obesity rate of 18.5 percent—all states in 2008 had obesity rates of at least 20 percent. Mississippi had the highest rate, at 32.8 percent, followed by Alabama, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia, which all had obesity rates of at least 30 percent. Illustrating the “dramatic increase” in the nation’s obese population, the CDC highlighted data from a 1990 survey indicating that at that time, no states had an obesity rate of 15 percent or higher.
Noting that obesity is a major risk factor for several chronic diseases, the director of the CDC’s division of nutrition, physical activity, and obesity says that “among all age groups, we are seeing chronic diseases in much younger adults compared to a few decades ago,” adding that some young adults now suffer from risk factors for heart disease and type 2 diabetes, conditions that were “unheard of in the past.”
Are you ready to break the cycle of failed weight loss plans and finally experience sustainable and effective weight loss through the use of bariatric surgery? Then join us at a FREE informational seminar in Indianapolis or at other locations throughout Indiana. We are here to help you. Click on the image at the right of this post to view upcoming dates and to get registered.
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